A US Air Force (USAF) F-16CJ Fighting Falcon, 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), prepares to taxi out for the next combat sortie. The 157th EFS deployed from the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing (FW). In the foreground a load of iron bombs wait to be loaded